You're still posting from tomorrow.
On 11/22/2011 05:50 AM, John wrote:
Hi all,
I have attempted to create a programme which removes every Nth person
from the list until there is only one name remaining. N is inputted by
the user.
Here is the code:
def survivor(names, step):
next = names
while len(next) > 1:
index = step - 1
next.remove (next[index])
index = index + step - 1
while index > len(next):
index = index - len(next)
if index == len(next):
index = 0
return names[0]
Lots of things wrong with that code. But first we need a complete
description of what you want. If you remove every nth item from a list,
you'll end up with a somewhat shorter list, but not a single item. For
example, if you remove every 4th item from a 13 item list, you'll end
up with a 10-item list.
So presumably you're defining some kind of repeat, where you do it over
and over. But even then, if you try to remove every 4th item from a
3-item list, you'll just end up with a 3-item list.
--
DaveA
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